Heppner herald., January 16, 1923, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5

Tuesday, January 16, 1923
THK HHPPNKR HERALD. IIKPPXKR, OREGON
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! IlluatratioM by Ellsworth Young llj
Copyright 1922 by Sidney Guying
(Continued from page three)
The chauffeur, who was a middle
aged man with a singularly wooden
expression, seemed to be making a
mental effort.' Lie saluted, 6turinj;
straight before him.
"Ooodhy, Georgina ! Blocs you, my
child ; bless you ! Drive on, Grundle.
What are you waiting for?"
The ear meandered out of Scroope
park and turned northward along the
main road. Georgina was in low spir
its. Aimee throughout had been seeth
ing with an enormously increased
sense of mutiny, and, as they neared
the station, she exploded.
"I can't stand it, Georgie!"
"I wish I were you!" said Georgina
'mournfully,
"I wish I were Aimee Scroope, and
on my way to Jervaulx abbey. That's
all."
Aimee started slightly. An extraor
dinary impish expression came into
her eyes. Georgina, who knew the
sign of old, looked at her nervously.
"You are!" said Aimee, in a voice
of unlooked-for decision.
"What on earth do you mean?"
Aimee gripped her by the arm, and
replied, in a low voice that bubbled
with excitement.
"My dear, fat cousin, your full
name, as I remomber, is Georgina
Amy Scroope Burners ! Lop off the
superfluous head and tail, and there
you are Amy Scroope. Near enough
for anyone. Y'ou are going to Jervaulx
Instead of nie! Aunt Kryibea has
never seen me, nor lias Alexander
Lambe. And neither of them know
you from Adam I mean Kve! You'll
suit them down to the ground!"
Georgina looked at her with dawn
ing terror.
"It is a gorgeous arrangement!" ex
claimed Aimee, tightening her grip on
her cousin's arm. "And nothing eas
ier. Uncle Joseph will never miss
you leave me to lix that up. -Gnmiile
, will deliver yon at Jervaulx; he's a
.perfect super-idiot, and lias probably
forgotten which of us is to go there,
if we didn't tell him. lie never talks,
'either. As for me, I shall go to Sea
.bridge, or on a walking tour or any
1 thing I choose!"
"Aimee, are you mad?"
.' "It is one of the sanest moments of
;my life!" retorted Aimee; and, lean
ling over the back, she tore the tag
labels off her luggage and Jeorgina's,
and scattered them on the road. "You
;can tuke my things with you?"
"If you think for a moment I'd have
anything to do with such a business "
' A fiendish expression came over Al
'mee's features. She gripped her cous
in's arms again.
. "If you don't," she hissed, TU tell
everybody about you and Aloyslug
Blennerhasset getting lost at the rurl-
decanal picnic!"
,' -Xt this monstrous accusation, Geor
!glna blushed scarlet. The mildest pec
icadillo in a blameless life, the memory
I of the Incident In question always
! filled her with alarm; Aimee had held
i It over her head before.
; "I won't listen to another word!"
;she gasped. ,
"You needn't. It Is the ti ne for
'deeds!" Aimee seized a small square
' box from among the luggage and
thumped the chauffeur on the back.
."Grundle, stop here! I have only a
;'bag, I'll walk up to the station ap
proach. Take Miss Berners on to Jer
.vaulx. And hurry she Is behind time
already !"
A fuintly bewil iered expression
I passed over the chauffeur's face, as
; though he were trying to arrange his
; Ideas. He rubbed ids ear for a mo
ment, then saluted and let In the
clutch.
i Georgina, who had risen with the
Intention of escaping from the car,
;lost her balance and collapsed In a
slightly undignified manner on the
seat.
I She struggled up and turned
flushed face towards her cousin.
I "Stop! Stop!" she cried, in an ag-
jonized voice. "Aimee "
! "Good-by, dear!" said Aimee, wav-
;lng her handkerchief. "Don't get lost
I with Alexander!"
1 The car bore the speechless and ges-
tleulnting Georgina out of sight round
;the bend. Aimee sat down on her box,
I buried her face in her hands, and dis
solved into such unfeeling laughter
: that a pair of threshes and a chuilinoh
fled from the hedge in Indignation and
( alarm.
Onward through the green lanes
and over the county border the car
carried a limp and nerveless Geor
gina. Consternation had given away
to numb despair.
"What shall I do?" she thought.
:"What am I to say to Lady Erythea?
.There'll be a fearful row!"
i Georgina racked her brains for a
,way out of the difficulty. There
: seemed to be none. She lay back ex
hausted. And so perverse is ,ven w
purest of human minds that a faint
suggestion crept into Georgia's a
little whisper, as it were, in that
blameless ear that it would be pe
culiarly delightful if she could till the
role that Aimee hud mapped out for
her.
Georgina started, and thrust the
idea from her with horrified self
reproach. Again she sought for an
explanation a true one which would
save Ainiee's face. I;.v the time she
had considered and rejected half a
dozen, finally deciding en one that
she thought might do, the car had cov
ered the thirty miles and was thread
ing through the park road of Jervaulx-.
Georgina stumbled out of the car
at the main entrance and faced a
gaunt and majestic lady in gray silk
who came down the steps.
"And so, my dear Aimee," sab'
Lady Erythea. in a large and inform
ative voice, "you arrive at last. Wei
come !"
Oeorgina faltered. Everything she
had intended to say was driven out
of her head. Aimee had been pro
pheticAunt Erythea was very like
the duke of Wellington.
"Lady Erythea !" gasped Georgina.
as two men-servants came to unload
the luggage. "There Is there is a
mistake! May I "
"The modern tendency of the young
to enunciate indistinctly," said Lady
Erythea, producing an ear-trumpet,
"always annoys me. Say what you
have to say clearly."
Georgina had not realized that
Lady Erythea was extremely deaf.
"There is something I have to ex
plain," she bawled hoarsely Into the
ear-trumpet. "P-please, can I see you
alone r"
"Ah!" said Lady Erythea vaguely.
"I am pleased that you look forward
so much to your visit. Xo, you need
not fear being alone. Here is your
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cousin," she added, as a young man
in clerical collar came out upon the
steps. "Alexander, your cousin,
Aimee."
Georgina turned a pale and timid
face to the stranger. The Rev. and
lion. Alexander Lambe bowed.
Alexander was large and well,
though somewhat loosely, built. Al
mee's epithet, "owl-faced," was hard
ly fair. Certainly his clean-shaven
face was a little serious, and his eyes
large and round, but very kindly.
"Welcome to Jervaulx, Cousin Ai
mee," he said.
A sudden Interest and sympathy
quickened in the large eyes as they
rested on Georglna's face. And
the ' panic-stricken girl's fear died
within her. Mr. Alexander Lambe
looked so cool and protective and de
pendable. "Escort your cousin to the morning
room, Alexander," said Lady Erythea
authoritatively, "and offer her re
freshment after her drive."
They walked In together. And as
they walked their backs seemed to
suggest, In some subtle manner, that
an understanding, a mutual sympathy,
had dawned between them. Backs
can be very expressive sometimes.
Lady Erythea regarded them with a
look of commanding approval. She
followed them majestically up the
steps.
"This," proclaimed Lady Erythea's
erect and overwhelming back, "Is as
I ordained It from the beginning."
CHAPTER III
Re-Enter Billy.
Aimee tramped along the broad
highway, whistling. At Scroope, much
more at Jervaulx, one was not al
lowed to whistle. Ever and anon she
stopped whistling to langh.
Aimee had dropped the square box'
Into a quarry pit an hour before and
continued on her way unburdened.
The idea of finding lodgings at Sea
bridge appealed to her. She had
funds enough. A month's pocket
money was in her purse, and Lady
.Scroope had been libera! on her de
parture. "What a row there'll be," chuckled
Aimee, "if Georgie doesn't play up!
I don't cure. I gave them my ulti
matum. They can't hang me. I've
been very patient with them all. One
must make a stand sometime or other.
Who does my life belong to," demand
ed Aimee, never a purist In gram-
pnr "ff ft A to " "
A faint sound was borne upon the
breeze, a noise that attuned itself cu
riously to Aimoe's thoughts. It was
like the buzz of a homing bee. She
looked up, and saw a motorcycle
speeding along the road with a smear
of following dust behind it like the
tail of a comet. Aimee recognized the
Flying Sphinx, and became nware of
a laughing face looking up at hers,
and a set of very white teeth.
"Why, it's Billy!" she cried spon
taneously. "Hello, old chap!" cried the cyclist.
Billy was bare-headed, his fair hair
sticking up at the crown in a little
tuft that blew about in tile wind.
"Where were you making for?" he
said.
"The unemployment bureau !" re
torted Aimee flippantly.
Billy's face expressed concern.
"I suppose you're guying m. Ton
don't mean you've lost your job?"
"Job?" Aimee bubbled with amuse
ment. "Well, I had a job all ready
for me this morning. But it's washed
out. I've lost It. And now I'm adrift."
Billy was perplexed, lie had been
wholly unable to place Aimee. lie
wondered if she were a governess. A
question was on his lips, but he
checked himself for fear of giving of
fense, "Lost it?" he exclaimed. "I guess
it's just as well ! You look a heap
happier! What job d'you think of
chasin' ?"
"1 I don't know."
Bully looked at her eagerly. A sud
den Hash came into his eyes, as one
who conceives a superb idea.
"Say ! Let me rind you one 1 I've
a brain-wave !"
"What do you mean?"
"Go shares with me!"
"Shares?" echoed Aimee. She was
conscious of ii curious little thrill.
"Share what?"
"See here!" said Billy, eyeing her
keenly. "When we were doing ril'ty
tive on the Sphinx, you never wilted
never turned a hair!"
"(if course not. It was gorgeous."
He came nearer, intensely earnest.
"Know anything about motor en
gines?" lie said quickly.
"I've often taken down the old 'bus
at home, on a wet day, and reas
sembled It."
"Where was that?"
"At the place where I had a job,"
said Aimee.
"Great!" ho cried. "You're the thing
I've been looking for all those months.
Now, listen to the brain-wave. I'm
over here to sell the Sphinx. There's
a big deal on in London. But what
I want's a quiet spot where I can
develop some of the gadgets with no
crooks around to steal 'em. Get me?"
"Yes, go on," said Aimee, catching
his enthusiasm.
"I'm heading now for a little town
called Stanlioe, thirty miles south of
here. Slanhoe's quiet as the tomb.
I've struck it before. There's an old
mill I b'iieve I can get hold of, and
lit up as a garage and workshop
"Yes, I see!" said Aimee eagerly.
"Come on into it with me come to
Stanlioe !" said Billy explosively.
"You'll catch on to the Flying Sphinx
in a minute, an' then popularize her
as a lady's mount ! The finest mount
for a girl ever put on the market.
There Isn't one yet. You can do It!
You've got the nerve an' the grit!
I'll teach you to tend an' drive her.
Will you come?"
"Will a duck swim!" cried Aimee.
"Of course I'll come!"
"Fine ! partner !" cried Billy, fling
ing out n big brown hand.
Aimee took It, and received a shake
that bruised her fingers.
"Take your perch, old chap!" said
Billy, straddling the Sphinx. "Off for
Stanhoe!"
They whirred down the long slope
with the westering sun broad on their
right above the fir-trees. It was a
roughlsh ride on the carrier. There
was no pillion-seat; Billy was evi
dently not accustomed to carry pas
sengers. "Say," said Billy, over his shoulder,
"I didn't catch your name, did I?"
"Aimee Snooks," replied the pas
senger on the spur of the moment, as
well as she could for the wind whis
tling In her teeth.
"Snooks !"
Aimee laughed. It was very like
Scroope, and quiet as musical.
"Near enough ! she gasped. "But
'old chap' will do. Is that American?"
"American? Gee, no! It's the only
English know. Let It go at that
Amy Is too feminine for a partnership.
And now we'll let her out. This," said
Billy Joyously, as he opened the
throttle wide, "Is what the doctor
ordered !"
The Flying Sphinx, freighted with
the partners, roared down the hill
r.nd devoured the rri'los tn ftnnhoe.
(To be continued)
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